[Solved] X and Y are married. They have a son Z. When X died, Z inherited a property covered by TCT No. 1. Z died without any issue. Y inherited it and obtained a title. There is however no inscription of the reservable character of the property. Y sold it to A who obtained a title. Y died in 2009. Can B, C and D, the reservatarios recover the property?

Q.	X and Y are married. They have a son Z. When X died, Z inherited a property covered by TCT No. 1. Z died without any issue. Y inherited it and obtained a title. There is however no inscription of the reservable character of the property. Y sold it to A who obtained a title. Y died in 2009. Can B, C and D, the reservatarios recover the property?
A.	Yes, because the property is reserved to them by law;
B.	Yes, because Y could not have sold it being a mere trustee;
C.	No, because A is a buyer in good faith and for value;
D.	Yes, because Y could not have sold that which she did not own.
Answer» C. No, because A is a buyer in good faith and for value;

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